Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099869 | Device and method for severing a bead of adhesive of a motor vehicle window pane A device and a method are disclosed for severing a bead of adhesive of a motor vehicle window pane. A cutting wire is firstly introduced into a gap between the window pane and the body flange, the cutting wire then being guided around the bead of adhesive, one first... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7984554 | Egg slicer An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting member... | 07/26/2011 |
| 6974320 | Tools and methods for measuring tooth reduction A tooth reduction measuring system comprises a holding tool having a proximal end and a distal end. A flexible loop extends from the distal end and defines an opening. The loop has a thickness from the range about 1 mm to about 2 mm, and the opening a size large eno... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6701620 | String cutter A string cutter includes two handles, two fixing devices, and a cutting string. The cutting string has two ends each secured on the respective handle by the respective fixing device. Each of the two handles includes a loop-shaped handgrip for insertion an... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6591502 | Tool for cutting out motor vehicle windscreens A tool for cutting out motor vehicle windscreens is described, with a suction cup, a rotating head pivotable on the latter, a cutting wire and a spring between the rotating head and the end of the wire. The spring is a compression spring which is arranged... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5930901 | Hand tool and method for carving a vegetable into a predetermined shape A hand tool for carving a generally ellipsoid shaped vegetable, such as a potato, turnip, radish or carrot, into a predetermined shape, particularly a mushroom shape, is provided. The hand tool includes a hollow elongated cylinder that has a first end ter... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5873295 | Cutting guide A cutting guide is provided, comprising a first clamping member having a first surface adapted to contact a pipe; a second clamping member having a second surface adapted to contact the pipe; a connecting device operatively disposed between the first clam... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5676580 | Model airplane and kit therefor A model airplane, airplane kit, method of making a model airplane, a plastic foam cutter useful for making the model airplane and a method for making the plastic foam cutter. The kit of the present invention enables children and adults to easily make a we... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5622093 | Automobile windshield removal apparatus and method A windshield removal apparatus that includes a suction cup assembly that is secured, via a vacuum, onto the interior center portion of an automobile's windshield. A swivel head is located at the opposite end of the assembly where the vacuum interface is i... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5621972 | Butter pat dispenser A butter pat dispenser including a rectangular box-like container having a U-shaped cover and a rectangular plate-like member. An end wall closes the first end of the container and the second end defines an opening. In one embodiment, the first end of the... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5617634 | Slicer for slicing cheese and the like articles of food A slicer for slicing cheese and the like articles of food comprising a slicing string being connected to a finger grip at one end. Moreover, the slicer is provided with a shank having an insertion portion adapted to be inserted into the cheese and a gripp... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5437100 | Adjustable clay cutter An economical adjustable clay cutter for repeatably cutting equal segments of clay is disclosed. The device includes an arbor, cutting means, guide means, locking means, a handle and measuring means. The adjustable clay cutter is designed to reduce the am... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5153993 | Clay cutter A clay cutter for simultaneously cutting a plurality of slabs of clay, including a frame including first and second opposing, longitudinally-extending side members. A plurality of cross wires are attached to and extend between the first and second side me... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5064993 | Hair treating implement with a heated wire element A hair treating implement which has an electrical heating wire, a slidably removable support which the heating wire under tension, and a hand grip which can be connected with the support. The support is detachably connected to the hand grip by a longitudi... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4995153 | Glass cut-out wire gripper apparatus and method A glass cut-out device according to the invention includes a length of cutting or cut-out wire adapted to be held at both ends by gripping devices that form handles for manipulating the wire so as to provide a desired cutting action. Each gripping device ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4697488 | Device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like A device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like for cutting of said food into slices of any thickness. Said device comprises a carrier with a top, a bottom, two sides, one enclosed end and a closable aperture end. A pusher, integral to t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4617713 | Nursery pot cutting tool A tool for facilitating the removal of temporary fiber or plastic film pots from shrubs or other nursery products. The tool comprises an elongated rod having a spike tip at one thereof and a gripping handle integrally formed at the other end. A thin flexi... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4574478 | Method and device for demounting in a radiation detector a photomultiplier tube A method and device are provided for demounting in a radiation detector a photomultiplier tube the bottom of which is solely bonded with a scintillation crystal assembly by means of an elastic light transparent adhesive. A shearing tool is placed at the b... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4540873 | System for breaking a tensioned connecting element A system for releasing parts of a spacecraft construction that are contained by the use of a tensioned cable, made of a material that will degrade or decompose under the influence of heat, and stretched between two supporting elements of the construction.... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4516458 | Slicing device for foodstuffs A slicing apparatus for foodstuffs comprising a baseboard with a groove extending transversely thereof; a bore extending into one end of the baseboard through and beyond the groove; a U-shaped bar having two legs and a central portion; the first leg of th... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4513501 | Combined storing and slicing device for a stick of butter or margarine or the like A combined storing and slicing device is provided with a rectangular box-like container having one open shorter side through which a stick of butter or the like is received. A cutting line is held in a taut condition and is mounted for movement between a ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4425706 | Cutting tool A cutting tool for sectioning cakes or other foodstuffs, for removing the crown from a cake while it is still in the pan or after it has been removed therefrom, for slicing the cake or foodstuff into any number of horizontal layers and/or dividing the cak... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4417398 | Tool for handling wire A tool for use in the reciprocating manipulation of wire to cut through an adhesive compound supporting a replaceable item such as an automobile windshield comprises a handle portion from which projects a blade having a curved marginal wall having a troug... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4386541 | Tool for stripping plastics coatings from optical fibres A pair of interlocking single filament or multifilament loops (6,7) are mounted on the opposed operating ends (4,5) of a pliers action type hand tool. An aperture is formed between the two loops through which an optical fibre (31) complete with soft plast... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4227517 | Cast cutting system System and apparatus for removing a casted wall from a human appendage includes a strand embedded laterally through the wall at an inner surface thereof and adjacent the human appendage, and a take-up roller for severing the wall by drawing the strand int... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4091533 | Pipe-cutting apparatus A portable pipe-cutting apparatus, for use in cutting plastic, rubber and other non-metallic pipes or tubing and thin-wall metal pipes and tubing, having a rotatable cutter head for supporting a cutting element therewith, the cutting element being a serra... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4000395 | Thermal cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting arbitrary shapes in material, particularly in synthetic plastic foam material, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bendable, shape-retaining, electrically conductive resitive wire which may be successively formed into any desir... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3986416 | Synthetic fiber cutting tool and method Apparatus and method for cutting a piece of synthetic fibrous material to a desired shape is disclosed. The apparatus includes an elongate heat resistive mounting structure having a shape conforming at least partially to the curvature of the desired shape... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3985996 | Thermal cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting arbitrary shapes in material, particularly in synthetic plastic foam material, comprises a bendable, shape-retaining, electrically conductive resistive wire. The wire may be successively formed into any desired form factor by sele... | 10/12/1976 |
